28 must-read fiction books like An Unexpected Ally: A Greek Tale of Love Revenge and Redemption by Sophia Kouidou-Giles

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An Unexpected Ally: A Greek Tale of Love Revenge and Redemption

By: Sophia Kouidou-Giles

3.78

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Powerful Circe, daughter of the sun-god Helios, is sad to see Odysseus, King of Ithaca, depart from…

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Cover of Can't Spell Treason Without Tea (Tomes & Tea Cozy Fantasies, #1) by Rebecca  Thorne

1. Can't Spell Treason Without Tea (Tomes & Tea Cozy Fantasies, #1)

By: Rebecca Thorne

3.82

Format: 388 pages, ebook

All Reyna and Kianthe want is to open a bookshop that serves tea. Worn wooden floors, plants on eve… read more

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2. The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

By: Matt Cain

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Albert Entwistle is a private man with a quiet, simple life. He lives alone with his cat Gracie. An… read more

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"I feel like a carefree, beautiful butterfly!"

-Matt Cain, The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

"In some ways I’m like a picture that hasn’t been colored in yet."

-Matt Cain, The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

"Come on, we only get one chance at life. This isn't a dress rehearsal."

-Matt Cain, The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

"I love you a little bit more than yesterday and a little bit less than tomorrow."

-Matt Cain, The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

Cover of Morgan Is My Name (Morgan le Fay, #1) by Sophie Keetch

3. Morgan Is My Name (Morgan le Fay, #1)

By: Sophie Keetch

4.18

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An atmospheric, feminist retelling of the early life of famed villainess Morgan le Fay, set against… read more

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  • fiction
  • mythology
"My name is Morgan. And there aren't enough words for all that I am."

-Sophie Keetch, Morgan Is My Name (Morgan le Fay, #1)

"Do not apologize, Lady Morgan. Your decorum leaves a little to be desired, but never have I been able to fault your work. Never apologize for seeking further wisdom, or for being remarkable."

-Sophie Keetch, Morgan Is My Name (Morgan le Fay, #1)

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4. Herc

By: Phoenicia Rogerson

3.53

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

This should be the story of Hercules: his twelve labours, his endless adventures…everyone’s favouri… read more

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  • fiction
  • retellings
  • greek mythology
  • mythology
Cover of The Temple of Fortuna (Wolf Den Trilogy #3) by Elodie Harper

5. The Temple of Fortuna (Wolf Den Trilogy #3)

By: Elodie Harper

4.39

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The final instalment in Elodie Harper's Sunday Times bestselling Wolf Den Trilogy Amara's journe… read more

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  • fiction
  • retellings
  • greek mythology
  • mythology
Cover of Lilith by Nikki Marmery

6. Lilith

By: Nikki Marmery

3.61

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In the tradition of Madeline Miller and Claire North, Lilith is the story of the first woman, who w… read more

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  • retellings
  • fiction
  • mythology
"For women everywhere. Be your own gods. Your Mother commands it."

-Nikki Marmery, Lilith

"In time we came to the point that most closely concerned [the women]: that all life is precious, but Creation is a power to be used sparingly, not relentlessly, without care or concern for their heal…"

-Nikki Marmery, Lilith

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7. A Fragile Enchantment

By: Allison Saft

3.53

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

In this romantic fantasy of manners from New York Times bestselling author Allison Saft, a magical … read more

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  • fiction
"You're like a pint-sized hurricane of earnestness and good cheer."

-Allison Saft, A Fragile Enchantment

"it's not meaningful to kill yourself little by little to make people happy!"

-Allison Saft, A Fragile Enchantment

Cover of House of Odysseus (The Songs of Penelope, #2) by Claire North

8. House of Odysseus (The Songs of Penelope, #2)

By: Claire North

4.19

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

House of Odysseus is the follow up to award-winning author Claire North's Ithaca "a powerful, fresh… read more

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  • fiction
  • retellings
  • greek mythology
  • mythology
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9. Song of the Huntress

By: Lucy Holland

3.76

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

The acclaimed author of Sistersong transforms the story of Herla and the Wild Hunt into a rich, fem… read more

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  • retellings
  • fiction
  • mythology
Cover of Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth by Natalie Haynes

10. Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth

By: Natalie Haynes

4.05

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Natalie Haynes returns to the world of ancient Greek myth in thi… read more

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  • retellings
  • greek mythology
  • mythology
"The distinction that only sciences are useful and only arts are spirit-enhancing is a nonsensical one. I couldn't write much without scientists designing my computer. And some of them must want to re…"

-Natalie Haynes, Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth

"According to Hesiod's Theogony , Rhea gives birth to the following children in this order: Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus. Kronos swallows each of the first five deities, and Rhea i…"

-Natalie Haynes, Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth

Cover of Daughters of Olympus by Hannah M. Lynn

11. Daughters of Olympus

By: Hannah M. Lynn

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A daughter pulled between two worlds and a mother willing destroy both to protect her... Gods an… read more

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  • fiction
  • retellings
  • greek mythology
  • mythology
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12. Phaedra

By: Laura Shepperson

3.32

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Debut novelist Laura Shepperson offers a powerful feminist retelling of Phaedra and her unyielding … read more

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  • fiction
  • retellings
  • greek mythology
  • mythology
Cover of He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor, #2) by Shelley Parker-Chan

13. He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor, #2)

By: Shelley Parker-Chan

4.25

Format: 486 pages, ebook

How much would you give to win the world? Zhu Yuanzhang, the Radiant King, is riding high after … read more

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  • fiction
"A man's greatest treasure is his sons."

-Shelley Parker-Chan, He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor, #2)

"Take him out drinking with you somewhere in Qingyuan tonight. Then on the way home,"

-Shelley Parker-Chan, He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor, #2)

"This was the part she loved, fiercely. The leap from which there was no turning back; the buoyant thrill of knowing that all the threads of action would come together—had to come together—into succes…"

-Shelley Parker-Chan, He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor, #2)

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14. Dreadful

By: Caitlin Rozakis

3.72

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

A sharp-witted, high fantasy farce featuring killer moat squid, toxic masculinity, evil wizards and… read more

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  • fiction
"Gug." Ah, monosyllables, his old friend. They would always be there, even when all other concepts of fundamental liguistics deserted him."

-Caitlin Rozakis, Dreadful

"It occured to him that a spell to make one's enemies into idiots via the power of breasts might be immensely helpful. Then again, it might not be a spell. It might have only been the breasts."

-Caitlin Rozakis, Dreadful

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15. Psyche and Eros

By: Luna McNamara

3.78

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this utterly transporting reimagining of Greek mythology, the god of desire is cursed to fall fo… read more

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  • fiction
  • retellings
  • greek mythology
  • mythology
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16. The Map Colorist

By: Rebecca D’Harlingue

3.91

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

In 1660, Amsterdam is the trading and map-printing capital of the world. Anneke van Brug is one of … read more

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  • fiction
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17. Hera

By: Jennifer Saint

3.75

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Hera, immortal goddess and daughter of the ancient Titan Cronos, helped her brother Zeus to overthr… read more

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  • fiction
  • retellings
  • greek mythology
  • mythology
"She has been alone for a very long time."

-Jennifer Saint, Hera

"All she knows is that he leaves a trail of broken women in his wake, and she is the most broken of them all."

-Jennifer Saint, Hera

"But as he looms over her, blocking out the sky, it seems that he is everything in the world, that he is bigger than that sky. He is too immense and too strong. There is nothing that Hera, the warrior…"

-Jennifer Saint, Hera

"She can be anyone. Vengeful Hera, wrathful Hera, the queen of the heavens, most long-suffering of wives and cruellest of punishers, will continue without her. She can slip away from the tethers of wh…"

-Jennifer Saint, Hera

Cover of The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1) by Kylie Lee Baker

18. The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

By: Kylie Lee Baker

4.06

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Zilan dreams of becoming a royal alchemist, of providing for her family by making alchemical gold a… read more

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"Your ducks weren't rude to me. I don't want to eat them." "I do." Yufei whispered..."

-Kylie Lee Baker, The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

"I am offended,"" he said, making a show of crossing his arms and turning away. ""I may forgive you if you kiss me, though."

-Kylie Lee Baker, The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

"Ahead of us, a man was pulling a cart of cabbages out into the street. I grabbed three chunks of amethyst in one hand and slammed my other palm into the cart. It burst in to wood splinters, cabbage l…"

-Kylie Lee Baker, The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

"Uncle Fan had busied himself making lots of míngqì to bury them with—soft baby lambs and tiny ponies and wise teachers. They will be well taken care of, where they’re going, he’d said. My cousins gre…"

-Kylie Lee Baker, The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

Cover of Orphia and Eurydicius by Elyse John

19. Orphia and Eurydicius

By: Elyse John

3.54

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Their love transcends every boundary. Can it cheat death? Orphia dreams of something more than … read more

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  • fiction
  • retellings
  • greek mythology
  • mythology
"When Poseidon pinned her To the temple stones, her voice Flared like pyre-wood, Faded like smoke. ‘As Perseus bore down upon her She bestrode the pitted ground; The snakes that writhed from her head …"

-Elyse John, Orphia and Eurydicius

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20. The Witching Tide

By: Margaret Meyer

3.37

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Margaret Atwood and Hilary Mantel, an immersive literary debut inspired by historica… read more

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  • fiction
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21. Medea

By: Rosie Hewlett

4.22

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Medea longs for a different life. Since childhood, she has been separated from her sister, shunned … read more

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  • fiction
  • retellings
  • greek mythology
  • mythology
"I hate him for infecting me with this love I have carried for so long – I wish I could remove it, sever it from me like an infected limb."

-Rosie Hewlett, Medea

Cover of The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer

22. The Lost Story

By: Meg Shaffer

3.91

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, this wild and wondrous novel is a fairy tale fo… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

23. A Sorceress Comes to Call

By: T. Kingfisher

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A dark retelling of the Brothers Grimm's Goose Girl, rife with secrets, murder, and forbidden magic… read more

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  • retellings
  • fiction
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24. Goddess of the River

By: Vaishnavi Patel

3.86

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

A powerful reimagining of the story of Ganga, goddess of the river, and her doomed mortal son, from… read more

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  • retellings
  • fiction
  • mythology
Cover of A Year of Living Kindly: Choices That Will Change Your Life and the World Around You by Donna    Cameron

25. A Year of Living Kindly: Choices That Will Change Your Life and the World Around You

By: Donna Cameron

3.74

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

2020 New York City Big Book Awards Winner in Motivational 2020 14th Annual National Indie Excellen… read more

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Cover of Such Pretty Flowers by K.L. Cerra

26. Such Pretty Flowers

By: K.L. Cerra

3.34

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A woman investigating her brother’s apparent suicide finds herself falling for her prime suspect—hi… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Le Fay (Morgan le Fay, #2) by Sophie Keetch

27. Le Fay (Morgan le Fay, #2)

By: Sophie Keetch

4.46

Format: 461 pages, Kindle Edition

Lady Morgan surveys her life at an unhappy marriage and a vengeful husband determined to keep thei… read more

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  • retellings
  • fiction
  • mythology
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28. Five Days in Bogotá

By: Linda Moore

4.36

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A fast-paced art thriller in the spirit of Gabriel Allon from the Daniel Silva thriller series and … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Driving Home Naked: And Other Misadventures of a Country Veterinarian by Melinda G. McCall

29. Driving Home Naked: And Other Misadventures of a Country Veterinarian

By: Melinda G. McCall

4.37

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Have you ever driven home from work wearing nothing but a pair of rubber boots? For Dr. Melinda McC… read more

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Cover of An Unexpected Ally: A Greek Tale of Love Revenge and Redemption by Sophia Kouidou-Giles

30. An Unexpected Ally: A Greek Tale of Love Revenge and Redemption

By: Sophia Kouidou-Giles

3.78

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Powerful Circe, daughter of the sun-god Helios, is sad to see Odysseus, King of Ithaca, depart from… read more

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  • retellings
  • greek mythology
  • mythology
Cover of Alba by Nichelle Kovacheff

31. Alba

By: Nichelle Kovacheff

3.93

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

Alba is born into one of Rome’s great noble houses. An incident leaves her stranded and in the care… read more

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16 Best mythology books like An Unexpected Ally: A Greek Tale of Love Revenge and Redemption by Sophia Kouidou-Giles

Transform Your Habits

Morgan Is My Name (Morgan le Fay, #1)

Sophie Keetch

4.18

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Herc

Phoenicia Rogerson

3.53

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The Temple of Fortuna (Wolf Den Trilogy #3)

Elodie Harper

4.39

Transform Your Habits

Lilith

Nikki Marmery

3.61

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The Children of Jocasta

Natalie Haynes

3.91

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Alcestis

Katharine Beutner

3.92

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Phoenicia Rogerson

3.53

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Medea

Eilish Quin

3.84

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